Joseph Rutherford to [Hannah Rutherford]

Item Description

Title: Joseph Rutherford to [Hannah Rutherford]

Author

Rutherford, Joseph Chase, 1818-1902

Recipient

Rutherford, Hannah

Source Document

Extent: 7 page

Date Created: October 07, 1862

Description

Rutherford writes to his wife, Hannah, about life in camp along the Potomac River. Many soldiers have fevers, his assistant surgeon is ill but he continues to keep up with all the work needing to be done. He writes of a 17 year old male runaway slave named Moses, who takes care of him and his horse, Lady Lightfoot and complains of how slow the mail is.